Congratulations to Vicki Ingram for completing her first Iron season in the RRCA Arkansas Grand Prix Series!! Also congrats to Cruiser's Jim Miller and Eugene Atha for another great Iron season completed.

What does it mean to be Iron the the Grand Prix? Well, it means completing every race in the series from January through December. That is 20 races from 1 mile distance to Marathon distance. Not an easy task when you consider some of the logistics involved. Races are held all over the state with the furthest being Texarkana, Hope, Fayetteville & Fort Smith. A lot of sacrifices have to be made just to show up to all the races and then you still have to finish. Typically there are 8-12 each year that complete the Iron season out of hundreds of runners.

As you can see this is not an easy schedule just to drive to. Lots of miles driving and lots of miles running. One thing for sure, you are guaranteed to have have a good time and meet some amazing people along the way. Do you have what it takes to be an Iron person in the Grand Prix? The 2015 season will be starting up in January so start your plans now. You can check out the upcoming races soon on the Arkansas Grand Prix website at http://www.arkrrca.com/.

Eugene Atha, Vicki Ingram and Jim Miller receiving awards at the Casa Half Marathon. All three became "Iron" at this race. Eugene & Jim have both been Iron several times.

Another year and another great Spring Fling 5k is in the books. We lucked out on the weather with rain that moved through the area before dawn, leaving us with a dry but slightly humid start. First place went to Mark Ferguson of Little Rock with a time of 16:30 followed by Brent Corbitt of Little Rock at 16:56 and Brian Sieczkowski of Maumelle at 17:20.

First place female was one of our own Cabot Cruisers, Tia Stone of Searcy took the female win in 18:27 followed by Jenny Paul of Little Rock at 19:53 and Sarah Olney of Little Rock at 20:12.

There was a total of 361 runners and 21 walkers. Results can be found at Macs Race Timing .

There were several photographers taking photos on the course. Arkansas Outside wrote an article about the race and posted over 1000 photos on their facebook page. You can go here for a direct link to the photos.

Also the Arkansas Grand Prix took a bunch of photos which can be located on their facebook page. Dear Cabot also had some photos posted to their facebook page. Feel free to look through any of the photos and tag yourself.

Special thanks to all the volunteers that made the race happen. Without the volunteers there is no race.

This Saturday is the big day. Race starts at 8am sharp. One of the best 5ks in the state & you can not beat the homemade post race food. Age group awards will be 5 deep this year as another bonus. You can register online at Macs Race Timing: https://runsignup.com/Race/AR/Cabot/SpringFling5k?

﻿﻿In less than 2 weeks it will be time for Cabot's own Spring Fling 5k. Race date is Saturday March 22nd at 8am.

The Spring Fling 5k course starts on Bellamy Street, just outside of the Cabot High School Field House. The route heads south for 1/4 mile before turning left onto Main St. The race moves into a tree-lined residential area, and turns south onto Honeysuckle Ln. The runners will curve along this road, merging onto Linda Lane and continuing south to reach the 1st mile marker. Just after beginning the 2nd mile, the course turns runners south onto G street for a small loop before returning to Linda Lane to head back to the north. Once the runners have returned to Linda Lane they will pass the 2nd mile marker. The third mile returns the runners to Honeysuckle, Main St and then north on Bellamy to pass the starting line. The route then turns into the Field House Parking Lot and turning down the ramp to enter the Stadium. The course turns left on the track where runners will hit the 3 mile marker just before the back turn leaving runners just the turn and a short straightaway until the finish line.﻿﻿

This is an Arkansas Grand Prix Series Race so there will be a lot of competitive runners participating but the course is great even for beginner runners. Post race food is the best of any 5k race you will find. You can check out the race website at http://www.springfling5k.com for more info.

Next up on the Arkansas RRCA Grand Prix schedule is the Run the Line Half Marathon, Saturday Feb. 16th in Texarkana. This is a great little race and several Cruisers have done it several times. Several have had PR's at this race and weather is usually cool at the start then warms during the race. The race starts at 8:00am downtown at Broad Street and Stateline Avenue and will end back downtown on 3rd Street. This is a unique opportunity to run in one race that goes through two states. The course is relatively flat with a few long inclines and goes through both Cities of Texarkana with a short portion of the race on the Arkansas/Texas stateline. The race is primarily on asphalt and includes the Nix Creek Trail, the Phillip McDougal Trail in Spring Lake Park, and city streets with coning. For more info you can go to the ARRCA site at http://www.arkrrca.com/index.php?main=runtheline. Good luck to everyone running & racing this one!

Weather permitting there will be Cruisers racing Saturday at the Mississippi River Marathon & Half Marathon along with the Valentines Day 5k.

This is the second year for the Mississippi River race & several Cruisers ran both the full and half last year. Everyone had a great time & enjoyed the race. It was well run for an inaugural event.

The Valentines Day 5k has been a staple for Arkansas runners for a long time. It runs around the Bona Dia Trail in Russellville & is always a fun event. Its almost always cold too! Hoping the weather holds out so those going can run it.

The 2013 Spring Fling 5k is in the books, and again, it was one of the best years ever. A new overall and male course record was set by Woiciech Kopec in 15:14. That's a 4:55 mile in case you were wondering! Pretty sure we had a record number of finishers at 425 counting runners and walkers. We also had close to 80 in the kids run. Quite a success. Special thanks to Nate Castle who was our race director this year & especially all the volunteers. Without the volunteers there would be no race. Well done!!

The Capitol City Classic 10k had close to 800 runners competing this past Saturday. Weather was almost perfect. Wasn't the best day for the Cruisers as far as the competition goes but we did have a lot of personal bests set. The mens team scored 10 team points and stayed in 7th place for the year. The ladies team scored 14 team points and remained in 4th place. The age groups are where the Cruisers shine. We may not be the fastest club but sometimes consistency pays off just by showing up to race and scoring whatever points you can. Its still early in the year and only your best 10 races count towards overall points. Here are a few of our current age group contenders:Males25-29 Male - Luke Tischler - 3rd place (tied)35-39 Male - Greg Davis - 5th place55-59 Male - Eugene Atha - 2nd place55-59 Male - Gary Davis - 3rd place

The Hogeye Relays is the next official Grand Prix race. This is a team only relay race and scores team points only. At this time we have one ladies team competing. Several club members are running the full and half marathon on their own also. Good luck to everyone racing!!